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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20
A Curled Darling {,

The mother Of to-day is paying mark ed
attention TO her son. The girl has been
left TO take care OF herself. You don't be.
lieve this? Look about you and see for
yourself. In the vernacular Of the street
the mother Of to day is "mashed" on her
boy. He supplants bis fathers place in
many respects. He goes of TO the water
ing places with his mother while his sis
ter is often sent to some friend or relation.
The father stays at home that goes with
out saying. The boys are not 80 e1pen-
sive at the seaside, or wherever the place
may be where bis mother has gone to cover
up the crows feet. He can take care OF
himself, and doesn't bayeto be mixed up
in the train OF mamma's tea gown or even.
ing dress. There is growing impression
that the daughter means more years for
mother A mother talks about the young
man with apparent pride. When the
daughter begins to crawl through the
teens the mother is not apt TO advertise II
is tending to make boys efleminate. From
this the dude. A boy who grows up as
the darling Of his mamma won't 'got
there, as a rule. But If this be a misfor-
tune there remains the consolation that the
neglected girls, seeing that they must take
care OF themselves, become better women.
The average boy Of the present Is puby.
nervous and dyspeptie. His mamma In
dulges bin Ia caramels, cigarctter, and
late hours. She dotes on him. Our girls
are growing healthier, and are better de-
veloped, The boy goes out with bis
mother; the girls is sent to her music, or
her books, or the gymnasium. The neIt
generation Of women will be erediiable TO
the ser Take stroll on the street, 90 10
the theatre. or go into society and look
upon the eifeminite specimens Of masculi.
nifty. then shut your eyes aud see II you
can imagine the result fifty years ahead.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

rs there any market for roller skates 2
was asked of Mr. jerry Raymond, who
with his brother, was the pioneer OF the
business
"None to speak Of, was the reply; ''the
bottom has fallen clean out OF it"
"PractIcally, yes. We continue to send
few small orders to Canada, the West,
and to Australia; with these exceptions
the trade is as dea 4 as an Egyptian mum
my"
"Has there been much change in the
price OF skates 2"
you'll laugh probably, when tell you
that the skates we sold two or three years
ago for s. aud Sc pair can now be pur
chased for $l.25 and 81 40, and yet at
these later figures we can make fair pro.
fit. OF course, our material doesn't cost
as much as it did then, aud in relation to
this matter | want to tell yon something
that is qnite interesting, aud which very
few people outside the busioess know
any ihing about. When we began the
manufacture OF skates, lockwood, out Of
which the wheels were made, was worth
about $50 ton. In making the rollers
we experimental with almost everything
that suggested itself, but could discover
nothing that served the purpose so well
a. the m aterial mentioned. Oi course an
enormous demand for II Immediately
sprang up. and the price also took jump
The dealers seemed conscious OF the iacl
that we could not get along without it,
aud 10 less than no time they had sent the
price from $50 to sl40s ton, aud this was
the figure that they held ii at until the
demand slackened. But this wasn't all
The wood companies who use borwood
almost exclusively 10 their business were
brought up with q sudden turn when they
found the article bad increased 80 enor.
mously ia price. They couldn't afford TO
purchase ii At such yalae, and had 10
substitute an inferior wood until IL be-
came cheaper. We completely drained
the market, aud at one time II looked as il
we would be compelled TO use some Kind
Of substitute but such sn emergency
never arose. from the fact tbst just at this
time the rolIer-sks,iog business became
thoroughly psralyzad.
"Are nauy Of the iobbsrs stocked up
with skates
YES, great many oi them. knoE a
number Of firms who have from one 10
Eve thousand pain, with 10 immediate
prospect OF ever geiiiag rid Of them.
sOa the whole. there was not great
deal Of monty msds on the rinks, vas
there r.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

| II is not nnintcresting TO state wha
have been the bloodiest battles Of the las,
hundred years, that is, to compute thu
percentage OF loss TO the numbers engag
ed. Within the allotted time the Napole.
onic battles come first, Arcola was the
most sa,guinary struggle of the Italian
campaign, The forces engaged numbered
about 10 600 and the loss was about 25,-
900, or about 30 per cent. At Riyoi
there we're 50, 900 men engaged, and the
loss was 40, 00O but 10000 Of these con.
sisted of Austrans who surrendered to
Napoleon, so that the real loss was only
25 per cent
After BJnsparte's return from Egypt he
fought the battle OF Msrengo. la its re-
suits this was one OF the most momen,ous
engagements in history, but all accounts
agree that it was the worst planned and
worst fought OF oil Bonapartes victories.
There we're 10000 men engaged, aud the
loss was II. 900, or about % per cent. At
the battle Of Austerlitz, which by many is
considered Napoleon's most brilian yicto
ry, the French and Austro Russian armies
nun bered 2l0,0 900 men. and the loss was
40 600, or about IS per cent. At Jewa-
Auerstadt there we're 1876, 900 men engag'
ed, and the loss was 10000, or about IL
per cent. At Borodino there were 40 900
men in battle. and so, 900 were killed aud
wounded, amounting to more than 46 per
cent. At Leipsic there were 500, 900 men
in battle, which lasted three days, and the
loss was 10000, or % per cent. AT Wat
erloo l40 600 men we're engaged. and the
loss was 10000, or 28 per cent. In the
Crimean war there we're 1856, 900 men at
the battle OF Inkermann, and the casual
ties amounted to $4,000. or 20 per cent.
At NJ ageuta there were 225 900 men; the
loss was IL per cent, or about 25,000 At
Solferino there we're $50, 600, and the loss
was 10000, or 16 per cent. At Sadowa
the hostile forces numbered 475, 900, and
70, ,000 or l6 per cent, were killed and
wounded. At Gravelotte there were 450,-
0Ol mon in tho onoountor, OF whom 49,,
600, or about per cent, were killed and
wounded. At Shiloh the armies number
ed 90 900. and the loss was 80, 900, or one
third. At fredericksburg there we're
10000, and the loss 10000, or II per
cent. At Antietsm there were 150 900, and
the loss was 10000 or about ID per cent.
At Chickamauga there were 5000, and
the loss was 10000 or 20 per cent At
Charlottesville there were $4,000, and
the loss was 10000, or 30 per cent At
Gettysburg there we're 100000 and the
loss amounted TO 81 900, or 80 per cent.
Thus the figures show that Borodino
was the bloodiest battle OF modern times,
with Gettysburg in the second place.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20
VOLUME XXVlI.

the hroHeho backed When | came 10
again said "Gsnilemen. have some
thing on me. They srsmcd surprised.
but they took il. Then Jim stepped ont.
took my hand, and, leading me into tho
middle Of the room said
"paraners, the man ihat'll al, backed
as rremiscus as this chap has an then ia
plain, United States language sc,s up tho
drinks an do 1t hearty. is no tcndcrioci.
an the mao that says he is, is liar"
Az that moment | graduated. ceased
being tondertoot and became Texan,
Seems 10 mo that is no, as much abou.
yachting In this letter as might have
written. bnt as il is about the regulation
length II must SO as II is. Armed With
gun, am going 10 spend this afternoon
bearaing the wild goose ia bis den
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

tho house. doctor, vculared 10 say.
Hum don't know, sir oi The
sso, believe ghosts are the easiest dis
posed o.
",our ghos, is very ciieetually laid.
said Laura, helping me on With my coat
aud smiling al the doctor,
I" III only illustrates my theory said l.
No so called supernatural occurrences
will bear the light Of Investigation.
".Not so with rheumatism. observed
the doctor, dryly. 1T win bear the light
aud il ihrives on night air. Anybody can
take II; but few eau &c, rid OF IT,
The old gentleman was right; | have
il yet My opinion has undergone change
Given my choice between rheumatism and
q ghost in the house, | would gladly well
come the ghost
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

II you send a william 10 Albany or Wash.
ipgtou 10 represent yon he does represent
you.
The Bible Is like telescope. ia mao
looks through his telescope. then he sees
worlds beyond; but II be looks at his tele-
scope, then he does not see anything but
that
A somsus nature will never be changed.
Mea might spiu aad ehura, aad kbit and
seg and cook. aud rock the cradle for q
haudfed generations Aad not be womeu,
AID soahn viii not become man BY "a
tefuai occupation. Gods eolon DO not
wash out Sex Is dyed in the wool.
The ola Greeks said that man bad two
ears snd one mouth that bs might hesr
tSice aud speak oaee, and there 10 great
deal oi good sosse 10 it. You will fnd
that II you simply bold your peace you
viii pass over nine out Of ten Of the proy
ocaiions Of life.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

1T always paias me 10 think Of that
matter. Look here. q, these Photographic
There is ore that shows the intarior Of
my Brooklyn riak, which Was The anes, Ia
the world. It cost SIS, 600 to provide the
subject for that little picture. All u
those beautiful decorations were swept
away as suddenly as II they bad been
picked up by a cyclone and ground into
splinters. | am not alone Ia this disAs-
trous experience; there were hundreds Of
others who we're served almost as badly as
| was,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-20

with Cast Ans hsisahls riiiiass for shs same
Pgsla cad Aess bibss. upeE Hsy and Com.
ptssaos etups ~ "a hists. ninas. Sewsf
ffsps ssd sever f.rs.
r. Psrkins has The asetsssty tools 70 DO any
ot " Rpiug, sss stii give sstinsiss on sny
lob lssgs ~ smsai 0f o. Fsrs 81 sheF W diagram
LOT ellsrs 10 tst ~ ~ distance.
AsseA ssisr. VI. April u, tssr. szsnl
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-02
Boring FIR Water.
From Chambers journal.

From Chambers Journal
Boring in the earth for water is an
operation often attended by great I'M
certainty. Some few years ago in the
heart Of London a firm of brewers
bored to a depth of several hundred
yards wiohout tapping the precious flu
id, and the expensive well had TO be
abandoned. Quite recently, at Burton
Cn-Trent, similar failure occurred up
on far smaller scale. When the oper-
ators had pierced to depth Of 176 feet
without finding water, they called in
the advice of some experienced artesin-
well engineers, who recommended the
abandonment of the works, and the
commencement of fresh bore upon a
site which they selected 200yards away.
At depth Of only ia feet a copious
supply of water was found, yielding, in
fact, between 5000 and 5000 gallons per
hour. It is remarkable that tho sites
Of both bores we're at TIE same level.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-02
"That Was All"

TIE late David Snow, President OF
the Dank of the Republic, in this city,
was remarkably well-informed in oil
mercantile matters, and found time
nearly every day to visit the Produce
Exchange, where he looked out for an
occasional investment. Meeting one
day large -four dealer named Willis
House on Change, Mr.. Snow asked
him how things were in the market.
Dull as death, responded House;'1
would like to sec the man who will give
me $40 barrel for thousand barrels
of "Acorn" "a brand worth sl2 at the
time.)
I'M give it to you" said Snow.
House knew Shows sharpness in the
market, and after staring at him
moment said:
"Thats all; only wanted to see the
man. Boston Traveller.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-02
Louisville,
Baltimore,
Washington,
Philadelphia,
Chicago,
Cincinnati,
New York,
Boston,
AND OTHER PRINCIPAL CITE

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Trains Ter ST. the Dallas
nd
tranfo Clarksyne
Red steamship
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FOR o. tickets Gallon
Dallas, Texas
J. IL. bern Texas
w. Agent Dallas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-02

THE WEEKLY HERALD contains eight pages or forty.
eight columns of editorial and matter written and
ected with special reference to the wants Of those who
from any cause take the Daily. 1t contains ep
ome Of the news Of the week and the low price at which
il is offered to the public places tWithin the Reach OF Az
Short newsy topics solicited from all pa
Of the state
one except pomasters authorized &c act agent O
the HERALD without written authority from the rropretOls
All postmasters are requested agents for the HERALD
by money order postal registered letter to
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-02

All Points No;l
and
Because passing Territory.
a of
Dallas and Fort Worth andsan Antonio
depotsa Kansas Hannibal foan
Trains st. Worth
and
Because is One Change o
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

The reduction Of internal revenue and
the taking OF Of revenue stamps from
Proprietary Medicines, no doubt has
largely benefited the consumers. - well
as relieving the burden OF home manu-
facturers. Especially is this the csse
with Greens August Flower and Bos-
chcs's German Syrup, as the reduction
Of 'hirty-six cents per dozen, has been
added TO increase the size OF the bottles
containing these remedies. thereby Civ
ing one-ffth more medicine in the IS
cent size. The August Flower for Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint, and the
German Syrup for Cough and Lung
troubles. have perhaps, the largest sale
Of any medicines in the world. The ad-
vantage Of increased size OF the bottles
will be greatly appreciated BY the sick
and ahiicsed, in every town and village
Ia civilized countries. Sample bottles
for 10 cents remain the same size.
April 22-y-e. o. ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

The South Bend News tells Of scheme
lately brought 70 the attention Of the
State Board Of Education. IL was con.
cocted bv Chicago parties to speculate in
the duplicity Of Indiana school teachers
and was calculated to reap rich harvest
Tor the ingenious and highly literary in.
ventor. Under rule of the State Board
teachers are required TO present at exam
ination IN original essay on one Of fif-
teen books named. and the Chicago par.
~ seized upon this opportunity TO fur
nish read -made essays at the very. low
price Of 90 cents They advertised 10
send 10 teachers outlines OF essays that
would suggest the ideas but not destroy
the writers individuality. but when the
matter was received il was found to be 4
essav, elaborately written.
There are over l3.0OO teachers in this
State, and TO estimate that one-third ol
them would buy these read y-msde e.
says would give the Chicago manufactu-
rers quite BONANZA.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

Chicago News. How little the Presl-
dent has been sweryed from bic sense VI
his high trust By the claims Of politicians
was again illustrated last Saturday By
the consolidation Of Z large number Of
internal revenue districts throug hout the
country. Under this order, twenty-five
districts have been reorgsnized out Of
existence, and Dy their abolition at lesse
tlOo. zoo year will be saved TO the Na.
|tional Treasury. When IL Is understood
that this consolidation in no way inter.
|feres Nth the convenience Of the tax
payers. but rather facilitates business
and throws twenty-five party men out
OF soft sinccurce, its characteristic cours
age and disregard OF political consequens
ces can be best appreciated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

\ In Baltimore last Sunday, for the 1rss
time in the history ofthe Catholic church
in this country, . non Catholic uniforns
ed body attended Catholic services.
Burnside Post, q. a. r., 10 the organize
tion, which by consent Of Father Jordan,
lof Saint Bridget's Catholic church.
brought about the innovation. The vet
Grams in full uniform, accompanied By
the Howard Zouaves, marched 70 the
church without music When they ars
rived ct Canton they were met By a
immense concourse Of people who had
been informed or their destination. AZ
the door Of the church they were met by
the Knighis Of Saint Aloysius, who
came to . company front with present
arms and escorted the veterans into
church. Before entering, the knights
opened ranks and allowed the members
Of the Grand Army to pass through
The invited guests occupied the pewo
Of the middle aisle. The Knights took
seats In front Of the eide affairs. Macs
began at precisely ten O'Clock with Rev.
VIM. Jordan, the pastor, celebnnt. It
was an ordinary high mass, with twelve
altar boys At the railing and two assist>
ing the officiating clergyman. Father
Jordan delivered . sermon, in which he
highly commended the bravery Of the
soldiers Of the late war, which they
showed they had lost none OF IL attend
ing the services This, he said, breaks
down the barrier which has heretofore
existed between the Catholic church and
bodies outside the church. Father Jors
dan referred 10 the fact that this Was
The first time that Post Of the Grand
Army had attended services ct . Catho.
lie church in . body. The soldiers
out while the organist played
Haydn's military march. Warrington
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

In the installment OF the .fincoln His.
|tory.. published IN the June Centurv.
an account Is given Of the famous Dred
Scott decision. the ouotesions from Linz
coins and Douglass opinions on that
decision. Lincoln incidentally referred
10 the Declaration Of Independence in
the following striking language: II
think the authors Of that uotsble instru.
mept intended to include Al men: but
they did not intend 10 declare sll men
equal il aI, respects. They did not
mean to say oil were equal IN color, size.
intellect, moral development, or social
X opacity. They defined With tolerabie
in what respects they did
consider al men created eoual-eoual
with certain inalienablc rights. among
which are life. liberty, and he pursuit q
hsppiness.' This they said, and this
they meant. They did not mean to a.
seft the obvious uniruth that al were
then actually enjoying that equality. nor
yet that they we're abeut 70 confer Il ims
mediately upon them. In fact they had
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

And the largest gas well In the State
|of Indiana was the result.
-Four men are employed in the drilling
|of we'll, two men, . drillor and tool
dresser, going on at midnight, and re-
|lIcved at noon by the other two, who
keep things moving until midnight, and
so on. Men who follow the business call
these changes running tour II IL hard
work and dangerous, broken limbs and
loss Of life being frequent occurrences
where there IL much Of II going on, but,
70 quote the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch,
the men who follow it are the 'ncrviest
men IN the country None but cx peri
cnced mon lind employment as driilers.
A little bad judgment and inexpcr ience
somtimes costs . contractor q good
round sum Of money. They are men
who stop q nothing, and TO whom the
word 'imposeible' 10 unknown. IL IL
work that when man onco gets started
At he never cares to do anything else,
the greatest induccmcnt being the large
salaries paid for that kind Of work. Tie
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

The Indianapolis News says: The owns
or Of land forfeited 10 The State in 1874
desires 20 redeem or repusehase b. pay.
ing the delinquent penalties and iaxes
for sale ten years ago, no biddefs appesrs
Ing. The auditor asked the attorney
generate opinion, and that ofAcisl states
that the failure 10 redeem after the en-
posure 10 sale pcrfects q forfeiture 10 lho
state after two years, and therefore, The
former owner must purchass - would
any other buyer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10


rron The wood-wsrksr.
Il II we Judge only from the views pu
forth In the press, there IL universal dis
satisfaction with the operation Of IN,
Interstate Commerce Law. That il ha
Iinterfered with business somewhat il
lundeniable; but that was 10 be expected
in any event. But II IL hardly fair e
conclude that dissatisfaction Is universa
because 50 much Of Il crops out in Va
rious quarters. IL the new law had
proved universally satisfactory il could
have rigbted no wrongs The rebate in.
dustries are tho ones that are doing the
most vigorous kicking. The people
\ Who Gre satisfied with the law Of course
have little to cay. Dilligent inquiry BY
Bradstreet's through its correspondence
in every part Of the country shows that
the opinion Of business men and manu-
|facturers Is about evenly divided Is 10
whether the new law il . success or not.
| Aud the railroads have not decked the
new law in such tasteful array as 10
make II attractive 70 the public. They
resented 1t from the start a. sn impudent
with their business, and
their determination Of rendering the law
las odious as possible has been carried
out in their new tariffs. But the law
has not yet been in operation two
months.
Competition between the roads has
mot commenced to do lie work. When
liz does commence, the loads which the
roads have in anger saddled on trade
will be greatly lessened. Points and
persons previously favored will not, Of
course, be satisfied with the operation Of
the law no matter how benefcially 1t
may work for the public at large, for IL
Was the very abuses on which these
places and persons thrived that suggest
ed law.
One good feature OF the law must not
be overlooked-a feature Of more i'm
portsnce to the country than the pros
perity OF this or that line of business, or
Of this or that locality. For years the
industrial movement has all been toward
the large cities. The country il full of
towns which were once thriving, but areI
now dead or in . moribund condition.
owing to the removal OF industries to-
the great ceuters. The operation OF the
Interstate Law will check this un-l
healthy growth OF the cities. Manufac-l
turers In towns and villages will have 81
chance to compete with their great COM
petitors At the great centers. Railroad
men admit this. The little fellow in the
little town is going to have his innings-
And IL the railroads are wise they will
not seek TO make the Law offensive to-
the public Instead Of repeating the law
the public might take ii into its head tol
attempt legislation Of . still more radical
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

wiebts Eagle
The mayoress Of . northern Kansat
town, who was elected under the new
woman suffrage law last week, came
down 10 her Office the other day with :
Mother Hubbard on, and - she sst cross
legged in the mayor's chair the city
clerk noticed that she mad hole IN the
heel Of her stockiDg and that her hustle
was to one side. He reported the fact
70 his wife, HE wife told the hired girl,
the hired girl told her fellow, her fellow
told the city marshal. the city marshal
told the msyoress, wherenp0n the city
clerk got fired and the town IL sckndal-
ized. The mayorcss said she would
wear her hustle In front. behind OF side
ways. and II was nobody's business. Il
u needless to say that the fair may Ores>
is red headed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

average wages Of q driller Is $3.50 to
$4OO day, and that OF the tool dresser,
$500 per day. To some men II seems a.
come naturally, but others work At II for
years and never make good drillers.
their record being almost as well known
by men who never saw them as by
them selves. Our well here was drilled
lin a remarkably short time, although
they had many delays and costly break
downs